The Trinidad Scorpion Butch T – Hottest Chili Pepper in the World – 1,463,700 Scoville Units……click here……….https://pepperheads-hotsauces.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=56

Butch Taylor, owner of Zydeco Hot Sauce, has been growing and working with super hot chili peppers since 1990. Back then, his work was primarily with habanero peppers. After growing peppers for years he was able to grow a pepper that was hotter than the then world’s hottest pepper (the Red Savina) but that pepper wasn’t stable so his quest continued. He grows super hot chili peppers on his deck and in his garden, and plans to sell some through his web site and at future industry shows.

For several years, Butch has been cross breeding super hot peppers and saving the seeds. He grew some of the resulting seeds on his own, but gave many away to friends and members of the chili pepper forums he frequents. His only request to those who wanted seeds was that they let him know if they achieved something special.

It was Marcel de Wit of The Chilli Factory who got that special find. Neil Smith was one of the people who requested seeds from Butch Taylor, and he provided them to Marcel de Wit, who grew them. Right away, they could tell this pepper was different by the color and shape of the pods. They tried the peppers and were amazed at the heat levels, which prompted them to test the peppers at a university and submit them to the Guinness Book of World Records. The record has not yet been confirmed, but Butch says it should have no problem meeting the stringent criteria.

The growers also named the pepper the “Trinidad Scorpion Butch T”, after Butch, much to Butch’s surprise. This chili pepper is the possible cross between a Trinidad Scorpion and as as-yet-named chili pepper that Butch is holding close to his chest in hopes of creating even hotter peppers in the future.

Asked if it was his goal to create the world’s hottest chili pepper, Butch said, “I love growing the super hots, but somehow they just find me.” He continues to grow more peppers, and who knows how long it might be before Butch breaks his own record?

According to Butch regarding the flavor, he said “There are some that taste ‘fruity’ but from firsthand experience, it has a biting flavor with a pretty quick burn that goes on and on and gets hotter.”

The previous record holder was the Naga Viper, measuring 1.38 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU). According to Butch, word around the chili pepper community is that the Naga Viper is really a Scorpion Pepper, but his is hotter.

The Trinidad Scorpion Butch T measures in at a blistering 1,463,700 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). A typical jalapeno pepper measures around 5,000 SHU, while a habanero pepper measures up to 350,000 SHU.

Butch Taylor is the owner of Zydeco Hot Sauce which specializes in micro brewing hot sauces, barbeque sauce, and salsas. His farm is in Crosby, Mississippi and he resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.